Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor,   The increase of vehicles in and around the city will continue and also the traffic congestion if we do not fix the problem.

Dear Editor, My attention has been directed to a report in the newspapers over the week-end that the National Road Safety Council organized the National Road Safety Month emphasizing the importance of education and vigorous campaigning toward the reduction of road accidents in the country. 

Dear Editor, I live in the Forshaw Street, Queenstown area within the boundaries of New Garden and Oronoque streets and was subjected to an onslaught of squibs from Saturday evening November 2nd and again on Sunday, November 3rd from 5 pm to 12 midnight non-stop.

Dear Editor, Mr. Andrew Campbell in Wednesday’s edition of your newspaper `All the Region One swimmers can’t be drawn from Moruca’ sought to pacify me and failed miserably.

Dear Editor, Further to the publication of several comments and articles on Guyana’s Third National Report indicating an elevated deforestation rate, I wish to dispel any misinterpretations of the report.

Dear Editor,   I would be pleased to have an opportunity to present, to a wider audience, views and attitudes which I had sought to engender in the address that I gave at       last Thursday’s (2013-10-31) “National Best Performers Ceremony”, hosted annually by our Ministry of Education – views and attitudes which I had sought to capture in the title of my address, but which seemed to have been missed by our reporters in their reporting.

Dear Editor, It has been indicated that Cevons Waste Management/Dartmouth Skips Rental is being paid 38 million dollars for the moving of garbage from the Stabroek Market and we would be happy to clear the air.

Dear Editor,   Ms. Melinda Janki, chief architect of the Amerindian Act of 2006, rushed to the defence of her creation in a letter to your newspaper (`Amerindians currently have fundamental rights and freedoms equally with other Guyanese’, SN Oct 29, 2013), in response to my observations of the status quo.

Dear Editor,   I had in fact sought to limit my input to the letter columns to offer analysis of national issues, GuySuCo and the Broadcast Authority etc.

Dear Editor,   Diwali was once my favourite festival when there was a halo of devotion to it.

Dear Editor, The Winifred Gaskin road on the Wismar shore of the Demerara River in Linden, has for a number of years served the community satisfactorily in providing the most suitable route for vehicles of all form to access neighbouring communities and to go over to Mackenzie and those coming to have access to the hinterland areas and the interior.

Dear Editor, I refer to your editorial titled `Great Garbage Game’ (Nov.

Dear Editor, The Diwali celebrations have evolved in Guyana over the 175 years or so since the first Hindus landed in Guyana.

Dear Editor, A letter written by Mr. Paul Atkinson in the November 4th 2013 edition of SN `Moruca’s swim team for nationals hit by $$ shortage’ captured my attention.

Dear Editor,   The Anti-Money Laundering and Countering the Financing of Terrorism (Amendment) Bill, currently the subject of intense speculation and national debate, was being considered by a Select Committee prior to the National Assembly proceeding on its two- month recess.

  Dear Editor,   In his letter to Stabroek News published on Sunday November 3, 2013, `Contrary to Minister Manickchand’s statement, the AFC did congratulate top performers’, Mr.

Dear Editor, I read with shock the contention of Mr. Bryn Pollard, SC, in the October 24 edition of the Stabroek News, that defence counsel had no ethical obligation to disclose an association with members of the jury.

Dear Editor,   When I listened to Police Superintendent Watts assuring the public on television that sellers and users of squibs/mini bombs during Diwali, if caught, will be dealt with condignly, I felt comforted.

Dear Editor, As I skimmed the articles about last week’s National Education Awards ceremony, I repeatedly encountered the trope of inclusivity in the speeches of the Minister of Education, Priya Manickchand, and Prime Minister, Samuel Hinds.

Dear Editor, The Environmental Community Health Organization (Echo) is paying careful attention to the media reports that the Guyanese authorities are contemplating granting licences to Chinese fishing vessels to operate in Guyana’s waters.